Axelrod, a top adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, said earlier Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he would shave his mustache “of 40 years” if Obama lost one of three Democratic-leaning states Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is now targeting. In exchange, host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman, said he would grow a mustache if Obama won either Florida or North Carolina.

“There are very few people in positions of power who are mustached Americans, so for him to even jest about removing his lip sweater is somewhat offensive to the entire American mustached community,” Perlut told U.S.News.

According to Perlut, Axelrod’s mustache is a “chevron,” a style typically favored by law enforcement.